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Roll Call Vote #57 · 115th Congress · Session 1 · Feb 7, 2017, 8:43 PM (ET)

On the Decision of the Chair PN30 (PN 30)

Jeff Sessions, of Alabama, to be Attorney General

Decision of Chair Sustained (49-43)
49 Yea
43 Nay
← Vote #56 Vote #58 →

How the Parties Voted

Republican 20 senators

18 Yea / 0 Nay

2 not voting or present

Majority position: Yea

Democrat 11 senators

0 Yea / 10 Nay

1 not voting or present

Majority position: Nay

Independent 1 senator

0 Yea / 1 Nay

Majority position: Nay

Crossed Party Lines

No senators voted against their party's majority on this vote.

Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted

Yea 49

Nay 43

Not Voting 8

Other Votes on PN 30

Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).